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VOL 9 #27
The British-designed Morris 850 is an
iconic global marque, second only to
the T-Model Ford, with more than 5.3
million sold world-wide. But not many
have a history like the one restored
by Mildura’s Gavin Martin, a six-year
labour of love that was his first “and
last” attempt at car restoration.
See Pages 8 and 9.
Photograph: PAUL MENSCH
A man and his Mini
War of words
A WAR of words has erupted between Mil-
dura Rural City Council and Federal Mem-
ber for Mallee Andrew Broad following a
Federal Government decision not to fund
a Mildura Airport runway upgrade in this
week’s Budget.
Council was seeking $10million through the Gov-
ernment’s National Stronger Regions Fund to help
fund the revamp, estimated to cost $25million.
Mildura Mayor Glenn Milne is disappointed Mil-
dura has missed out on the funding, saying that nei-
ther Council, nor the Mildura Airport Corporation,
had been alerted to the failure of their funding appli-
cation.
• More Page 3.
INSIDE TODAY
MILDURA Base Hospital’s new $9million
medical accommodation complex is
already having a positive influence, helping
to attract new doctors, nurses and medical
students to the district. See Page 5.